Big Headlines
From the team at The Big Story, comes Big Headlines – Canada's first daily news headlines podcast.
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Episodes (160)
Ep 160 – Canada's inflation rate holds steady and Carney hosts major international investors in Toronto
Plus: The Canada investment summit is underway, new poll finds federal Liberals lead over Conservatives, Google is bringing age assurance tech to Canada, remembering George Chuvalo, and Canada's new sanctions on West Bank settlers.
1 days ago • 6m 31s
Ep 159 – Canada and the U.S. mourn 9/11 on the 25th anniversary of the terror attacks
Plus: Commemoration ceremonies in the U.S. and Canada, Trump and Carney are talking, the Houthis capture a strategic island, and what happened to our attention spans?
4 days ago • 7m 39s
Ep 158 – Carney convenes his cabinet in Alberta and Trump vows American adults $5,000 if his party wins midterms
Plus: Ukraine's President is in Canada, Trump's pledge ahead of the midterms, August broke heat records, TIFF begins, and the age of technological imperialism.
5 days ago • 6m 47s
Ep 157 – Trump signs new executive order banning Canadian products
Plus: A preview to fall, new iPhone unveiling, the most searched slang words, and Canada's digital defences are lagging. Now what?
6 days ago • 6m
Ep 156 – Canada's counter-tariffs against the U.S. are now in effect as Carney addresses the nation
Plus: A new report on threats facing Canadian children, a Canadian tourist rescued in Australia, Hawaii is under a state of emergency, and how economic hardship increases gender-based violence.
7 days ago • 8m 10s
Ep 155 – Montreal college resumes classes after some uncertainty over its funding and Canada’s job market takes a turn for the worse
Plus: A Nova Scotia cabinet minister resigns over decade-old rap lyrics, Quebec puts out nearly a million vaccine-laced raccoon baits to fight a rabies outbreak, Alberta expects record turnout for an upcoming referendum, and the fate of a Massachusetts women who claims postpartum psychosis led her to kill her children lies in the hands of a jury.
11 days ago • 7m 12s
Ep 154 – Canada's set to unveil a new $20 bill featuring the King and an Alberta Sheriffs officer won't be charged over AI-generated sexual images of women
Plus: the Carney government is making a landmark investment in manufacturing today, the NBA hands down severe punishments to the Clippers in the Kawhi Leonard investigation, feminist Gloria Steinem dies at 92, and a sovereigntist party could soon take power in Quebec amid the trade war with the U.S.
12 days ago • 7m 40s
Ep 153 – Carney scolds American officials for not taking Canada seriously and the RCMP are investigating B.C.'s Conservatives
Plus: Quebec switches its paper ballots to French only for upcoming elections, a man is arrested on charges of causing around $100,000 in damage to Edmonton transit infrastructure, and a mysterious floating island reappears on a northern B.C. lake.
13 days ago • 7m 13s
Ep 152 – Carney's Liberals sweep a trio of byelections and Marineland ships out its last whales
Plus: The CBC is barred from attending the Republican Party’s midterm convention, international school trips across Canada are cancelled or tweaked amid a changing landscape, prayer room restrictions go into effect in Quebec, and what information do politicians owe the public regarding their health and ability to work?
14 days ago • 6m 54s
Ep 151 – Canadian websites confused over Trump's new name for Lake Ontario and three federal byelections
Plus: Oil prices surge after the U.S. and Iran trade strikes, voters head to the polls in three federal by-elections, Nepalese cultural festivals are cancelled across Canada following recent floods in Nepal, and immigration experts say more tracking is needed to ensure people on expired work and study permits leave the country.
15 days ago • 7m
About the show
From the team at The Big Story, comes Big Headlines – Canada's first daily news headlines podcast. Catch up on Canada’s top stories, with insight from reporters across the country. From breaking news to politics, sports climate, and culture. Big Headlines makes staying connected to the pulse of the country easier than ever. Perfect for busy Canadians on the go!
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